Huckabee wins GOP contests in Kansas and Louisiana, giving rise to this question: How badly will McCain lose in the fall?
Mike Huckabee delivered two embarrassing defeats Saturday to presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
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Huckabee won the GOP’s presidential caucus in Kansas and its primary in Louisiana, and trailed McCain in the caucus in Washington by a scant 242 votes, with 87% of the votes counted.
Meanwhile, “… Mitt Romney narrowly beat John McCain, 35 to 34 percent, in a straw poll of conservative political activists gathered Saturday in Washington …” Romney, it must be noted, is no longer a candidate for president.
McCain is certain to win the Republican nomination. He holds such a commanding lead in the race for delegates that it’s almost mathematically impossible for Huckabee to overtake him. But as his pitiful showing Saturday demonstrates, McCain is a divider, not a uniter.
Some conservatives will never vote for John McCain, while others, perhaps most, will vote for him only reluctantly. And of those, you have to wonder how many will write a check to, or volunteer for, the Bullshit Express.
Having wisely decided to opt out of the public financing system, Barback Obama will face no shortage of cash. He won’t be short of volunteers, either.
I like Obama’s chances.